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Girl

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, gray, yellow, rose, blue, green, orange, black and white. Rough and smooth texture, marked and short strokes, wear spatula, transparency effects. Girl figure in street facade and balcony in the background. The girl is standing, facing slightly face turned to the left and open legs. wear skullcap in orange on black hair with bangs and two braids tied with orange ribbon bows. Has dark, thin, arched eyebrows, big round blue eyes turned to the left, suggested nose, red, thick and closed lips, large polychrome face in shades of ochre, rose and blue, without setting the chin contour. wears dress in shades of yellow, rose, white, ochre and gray, with round neck, half sleeve, rose belt and short skirt. Suggested fabric with stripes and texture obtained by spatula use. She on the left arm along the folded body and abutting the on the right chest. It seems to wear green striped stockings orange and gray shoes. Cobbled street with curb and facade Suggested background. Facade with various colored rectangles superimposed and juxtaposed pastels and balcony high on flat above the girl's head.

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  • Title: Girl
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h24.7cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2359
  • Inscription: null. In bottom left corner, small handwriting in quill or pen with red ink; stamp of notarized signature.. On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "X Maria Victoria Portinari Pintura a oleo de Candido Portinari, da Série Israel – 7 ao todo – reproduzida em cores no album do mesmo nome editado na Italia em 1957. Rio de Janeiro, agôsto de 1970” and "Isaie Liv. 13 Tovs tes fils seront instruits par Yahvé. Grand sera le bonheur de tes fils. pag. 113”.
  • Function: Israel Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4270
Projeto Portinari

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